Rutuli are the seventh most numerous indigenous people of Dagestan. Rutul call themselves “makhabir”. According to the results of the 2010 census, there are 35,240 Rutuls, but this is a very low figure, since the Rutulis living in Azerbaijan (more than 20,000) are indicated by Azerbaijanis by nationality, Rutuls of the older generation and hnovsky Rutuls - as Lezgins. In fact there are about 80 thousand Rutuls. The material of the study of this work was the idea of the concept of Abyr "Ethics" in the language picture of Rutul, largely determining the mentality, ethical and spiritual basis of the mountain people of Dagestan.